Individual Details
James Benjamin Coursey
(4 Jul 1873 - 1933)
Events
| Birth | 4 Jul 1873 | Navarro County, Texas |  |  | |
| Marriage | Ca 1894 | Mary Emmer Scarbro | |||
| Census | 1910 | Holton district, Tillman County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Military | 1917 | Comanche County Oklahoma | | | |
| Census | 1930 | Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 1933 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Emmer Scarbro (1873 - ) |
| Child | Evaletta Lavetta Coursey (1914 - 1961) |
| Child | Lella E. Coursey (1895 - ) |
| Child | Tony Jackson Coursey (1897 - ) |
| Child | Bord B. Coursey (1899 - ) |
| Child | Mattie O. Coursey (1901 - ) |
| Child | Annia E. Coursey (1905 - ) |
| Father | James Jackson Coursey (1845 - ) |
| Mother | Nancy E. Carter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Rudophis Demetrius "Doffie" Coursey (1882 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Thomas William Coursey (1877 - 1938) |
| Sibling | John Allen Coursey (1865 - 1936) |
Notes
Birth
Name James Benjamine CourseyBirth Date 04 Jul 1873, place , Navarro, Texas
Race White
Father's Name James J. Coursey
Mother's Name Nancy C.
Census
James B Coursey age 37, married 16 years, born Texas, father Missouri, mother Arkansas, general farmerMary E age 36 has had 5 children all alive, born Texas, parents Missouri
Ellea E daughter age 15 born Texas
Tony J son age 13 born Texas
Bord B son age 11 born Texas
Matty O daughter age 9 born Oklahoma
Anna E daughter age 5 born Oklahoma
Military
Name James Benjamin CourseyEvent Type Draft Registration, Date 1917-1918, Place Comanche County, Oklahoma
Gender Male
Nationality United States
Birth Date 04 Jul 1873
Birthplace , , United States
Contact: Mrs Mary Emma Coursey (wife)
Employer: Pratt engineering co.
5 feet 11 inches 240 pounds
brown eyes and dk brown hair
Census
James B Coursey, age 57, married at age 20, born Texas father Missouri, mother Arkansas, own home $4000, land salesmanMary R age 56 married at age 20, born Texas, father US mother Missouri
Evaletta L daughter age 15 born Oklahoma
John B Stroud step brother, age 23 born Texas married 8 months
Mary E Stroud step sister age 18 Born Texas married 8 months
Endnotes
1. James Benjamin Coursey, birth certificate Birth and Christenings (4 July 1873), Familysearch citing Ancestry Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas.
2. 1910 U.S. Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Holton, Enumeration District (ED) 251, sheet 4A, family 69, James B Coursey; NARA microfilm publication T624, 1275.
3. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 1918, micropublication M1509 (Washington, DC: National Archives, 1917), , James Benjamin Coursey, .
4. 1930 U.S. Census, Lamb County, Texas, population schedule, Littlefield, Enumeration District (ED) 6, sheet 8B, family 176, line 69, James B Coursey; NARA microfilm publication T626, 2368.